Sadly, a PC Fair in another country. Indonesia, to be exact. My good friend artic_xp just sent me these pictures of flyers from the Jakarta PC Fair, specifically for Android handsets. There is an embarassment of riches in terms of choices there. You can choose from HTC (obviously!), Motorola, Samsung, Huawei, SonyErcisson and LG. The one that will interest us the most is the SonyEricsson Xperia X10 – from the looks of it, I think the handset is actually scheduled to start shipping in Indonesia, like, right about now from April 5th onwards. Obviously, the picture is cut off at the bottom, so let’s wait for artic_xp to come in with his thoughts, since he was there. And sadly, from the brief time he fingered the device he wasn’t impressed by the speed vis-a-vis his HTC Hero – he expected a lot more speed from that 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Perhaps SE’s Timescape and Mediascape application sucks up too much juice?
In case you’re wondering, the Galaxy Spica from Samsung was previously known as the Galaxy Lite. The Huawei U8220 is known as the T-Mobile Pulse in the US. To save you time by not having to hunt down exchange rates, here are the translated prices of the handsets (don’t worry, everyone’s a millionaire in Indonesia!):
- Motorola Milestone – RM 2,400 (expensive!!!)
- Samsung Galaxy Spica – RM 1,200 (dirt cheap!!!)
- SonyEricsson Xperia X10 – RM 2,800 (really expensive!!!)
- Huawei U8220 – RM 1,200 (really cheap!!!)
- LG GW 620 – RM 1,400 (cheap!!!)
Thanks, artic! I’m sure it was an Android lover’s wet dream come true!
